IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Allen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 00AL015004-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 00AL015004-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S00AL-015-4
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24201
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 33.7416667
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9797222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In the northern part of training area 7A; Pelham Range; Fort McClellan; Calhoun County, AL; USGS Eulaton topographic quadrangle.
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL015—Calhoun County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Allen
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Allen
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, loamy residuum weathered from sandstone, unspecified
  • Landform: hillslope, ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    Ap—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3); 62 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 4.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0015-4-1; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); 64 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume flat subangular weakly coherent cemented sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0015-4-2; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BE—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 59 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume flat subangular weakly coherent cemented sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0015-4-3; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8); 53 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 21 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume flat subangular weakly coherent cemented sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0015-4-4; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414066; patchy - phpvsfiid 414066
    Bt2—58 to 107 centimeters (22.8 to 42.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8); 50 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 33 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume flat subangular very weakly coherent cemented sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0015-4-5; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414067; patchy - phpvsfiid 414067
    Bt3—107 to 165 centimeters (42.1 to 65.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8); 48 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 0015-4-6; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414068; patchy - phpvsfiid 414068